Columbus, Georgia

A RESOLUTION



No.



A Resolution opposing the statutory waiver of county governmental immunity by

the Georgia General Assembly with respect to motor vehicle accidents.



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WHEREAS, proposed legislation at the 2002 Session of the Georgia General

Assembly would waive by statute county governmental immunity with respect to

motor vehicle accidents;



WHEREAS, proposed HB 669 would waive county governmental immunity up to

"$500,000 for one person in any one occurrence, $1 million involving a loss

with two or more persons in any one occurrence, and to the extent of $250,000

for loss involving injury to or destruction of property per occurrence."



WHEREAS, this Council opposes such legislation because the Consolidated

Government manages an in-house risk management program and because of the

expense involved in purchasing motor vehicle liability insurance to cover a

large fleet of vehicles such as that owned by the Consolidated Government.



NOW, THEREFORE, THE COUNCIL OF COLUMBUS, GEORGIA HEREBY RESOLVES:



We hereby request that the local delegation to the Georgia General Assembly

oppose any proposed legislation which would waive by statute county

governmental immunity with respect to motor vehicle accidents. Let a copy of

this resolution be forwarded to each member of the local legislative delegation

to the Georgia General Assembly.



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Introduced at a regular meeting of the Council of Columbus, Georgia, held on

the _______ day of ______________, 2002, and adopted at said meeting by the

affirmative vote of ______ members of said Council.







Councilor Allen voting____________.

Councilor Henderson voting________.

Councilor Hunter voting___________.

Councilor McDaniel voting_________.

Councilor Poydasheff voting_______.

Councilor Rodgers voting__________.

Councilor Smith voting____________.

Councilor Suber voting____________.

Councilor Turner Pugh voting______.

Councilor Woodson voting__________.









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TINY B. WASHINGTON BOBBY G. PETERS

CLERK MAYOR